- Nes, Vest-Agder
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Nes herred — Former Municipality — Coordinates: 58°17′49″N 06°39′38″E / 58.29694°N 6.66056°ECoordinates: 58°17′49″N 06°39′38″E / 58.29694°N 6.66056°E Country Norway County Vest-Agder District Sørlandet Municipality ID NO-1043 Adm. Center Nes Split from Nes og Hidra in 1893 Merged into Flekkefjord in 1965 Nes is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the southwestern part of the present-day municipality of Flekkefjord.
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Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Nes farm (Old Norse: Næs) since that is where the church was located. The name is identical with the word nes which means "peninsula", since Nes is located on a peninsula.[1]
History
The municipality of Nes was established on 8 October 1893 when the old municipality of Nes og Hitterø was split into Nes and Hitterø. At the time of the split, Nes had a population of 1,704. In 1942, a part of Nes with 377 inhabitants was moved to the neighboring municipality of Flekkefjord.
On 1 January 1965, the rest of Nes, along with the neighboring municipalities of Hidra, Bakke, and Gyland were merged together with the town of Flekkefjord to form a new, larger municipality of Flekkefjord. Prior to the merger, Nes had a population of 2,757.[2]
References
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 315. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=151402&avid=34163&s=n.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999) (in Norwegian) (PDF). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
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